> [!summary]- Classification **Kingdom**:: [Animalia](Animalia.md) **Phylum**:: Arthropoda **Subphylum**:: [Crustacea](Crustacea.md) **Superclass**:: **Class**:: Malacostraca **Subclass**:: Eumalacostraca **Superorder**:: Eucarida **Order**:: [Decapoda](Decapoda.md) **Suborder**:: Pleocyemata **Superfamily**:: Majoidea **Family**:: Mithracidae **Subfamily**:: **Genus**:: Mithrax **Species**:: M. aculeatus **Vernacular**:: Hairy spider-crab (proposal) ## Photos  *[116 - 2023-03-01 - Sources chaudes - Saint Pierre - Martinique](116%20-%202023-03-01%20-%20Sources%20chaudes%20-%20Saint%20Pierre%20-%20Martinique.md) - Hesitating a bit with [Maguimithrax spinosissimus](Maguimithrax%20spinosissimus%20-%20Channel%20clinging%20crab.md), but I'm more tempted to say that it's the M. aculeatus, because of its elongated forehead, the oval shape of its shell, and its spike-shaped pustules (unlike M. spinosissimus who're button-shaped). I don't have better pictures of it yet.* ## Notes ## References - https://doris.ffessm.fr/Especes/Crabe-araignee-chevelu2 #to-contribute - https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=442119 - https://fr.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mithrax_aculeatus&action=edit&redlink=1 #to-contribute in fr. and en.